Former President Goodluck Jonathan held a closed-door meeting in Abuja with Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Party (ADC) in the forthcoming general elections.
Sources said the discussions centred on the state of the nation and developments ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The meeting also marked a reunion between the two figures, who previously worked together.
Hayatu-Deen had served as a member of the National Council on Privatisation and chaired the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) while Jonathan was Vice President.
He later served on the Presidential Advisory Committee during Jonathan’s tenure as Acting President and subsequently as President.
Speaking after the meeting, Hayatu-Deen said he visited the former president to inform him of his decision to contest the presidency on the platform of ADC.
The ADC aspirant had earlier obtained his presidential nomination form from the party’s national secretariat.
During the visit, Hayatu-Deen commended Jonathan’s role in promoting democracy and electoral integrity across Africa.